Investing.com – Philippines stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Services and Holding Firms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Philippines, the PSEi Composite added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSEi Composite were Energy Develop (PS:EDC), which rose 5.56% or 0.350 points to trade at 6.650 at the close. Meanwhile, First Gen (PS:FGEN) added 5.36% or 1.25 points to end at 24.55 and Petron (PS:PCOR) was up 4.56% or 0.320 points to 7.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semirara Minin (PS:SCC), which fell 4.41% or 6.0000 points to trade at 130.0000 at the close. Megaworld Corp (PS:MEG) declined 2.22% or 0.100 points to end at 4.410 and Dmci Holdings (PS:DMC) was down 2.04% or 0.260 points to 12.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Philippines Stock Exchange by 97 to 94 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.98% or 11.60 to $1175.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.25% or 0.58 to hit $46.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.48 to trade at $50.21 a barrel.
CNY/PHP was up 0.33% to 7.2455, while USD/PHP rose 0.53% to 46.070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 94.65.